Xiaomi captured peoples imagination with the bezel-less Mi Mix – a spark of true innovation in a time when smartphone design has become very stale. But we want to dispute Xiaomis claims of 91.3% screen-to-body ratio.

Heres the thing. We took this official image (left) and measured it in Photoshop – both the phone and its screen (if you want details on how: we used the tool that counts the selected pixels).

Indeed we got pretty close to the claimed 91.3% number, but while we were zoomed in on the image, we noticed that the digitally-rendered view of the Xiaomi Mi Mix does not accurately represent the real device. Heres an actual photo of the phone for comparison (right).

Xiaomi Mi Mix: Official image * Photo (by Android headlines)

Even to the naked eye, these bezels are not the same, not even close. This will reduce the screen-to-body ratio. Not that it changes a great deal, the Mi Mix continues to look stunning and were very eager to check it out. Thats not something driven by cold numbers but instead by the immense wow factor of the phone.

By the way, the screen is made by Sharp. Sharp, as you may already know, has a series of bezel-less phones too. We picked the Sharp Aquos Xx2 (since the Xx3 abandoned the bezel-less design) and compared it with the Mi Mix and the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.

S7 edges dual curved screen makes it quite narrow for the screen size – narrower than the Aquos, which has a smaller screen. However, both phones leave plenty of bezel vertically, the Xiaomi is miles ahead in this respect.

We could try using the photo to calculate the actual screen-to-body ratio of the Xiaomi Mi Mix. But theres not much point – nothing on the market (and nothing officially in the pipeline) can even come close to Xiaomis wonder. And fudging the numbers doesnt gain anything.